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Following recommendations made to the Wrangell Public School Board in April, the school district administration is pursuing a review of its current crisis response plans. Superintendent Patrick Mayer, administrative assistant Kim Powell, and maintenance director Fred Angerman met with emergency services personnel at the Fire Hall last Thursday for the second of several planning sessions. “We’re just collecting some baseline information,” Mayer said, something to build from at future meetings. By the end of the summer he hopes to have a comprehe...
Rescheduled from June 11, Wrangell’s Planning and Zoning Commission met Friday to address a lengthy agenda. Commissioners voted to approve a conditional use permit application for hotel and commercial expansion related to expansion of the Stikine Inn. They also approved preliminary plat review of a tidelands reconfiguration subdivision requested by Bill and Cheryl Goodale. The 27,450 square feet of tidelands were previously approved for purchase by the Borough Assembly in April. Goodale had p...
Next year’s lunch program was the hottest item on the menu for Wrangell School Board’s final meeting before the summer on Monday. Previously at its May meeting the board voted to withdraw from its contract with NANA Management Services, which had supplied food and cafeteria services for the district last year. On Monday members elected to withdraw from the National School Lunch Program as well, releasing the district from its requirements to pursue its own supplemental lunch program. The plan put forward by school superintendent Patrick May...
In the Sentinel 100, 75, 50 and 25 years ago. June 10, 1915: One of the biggest deals that has ever been turned in Wrangell came to a close last Tuesday evening when a company of Seattle capitalists, represented by J.G. Galvin and Sam Silverman, purchased the property of the Stikine Mining Company at Devil's Elbow, about 100 miles up the Stikine River from Wrangell. The owners of the property were L. Dixon and John Bordel of Telegraph. This is the property which was inspected last month by Mr. Galvin and Silverman, who returned to Seattle and...
ANCHORAGE (AP) – After months of negotiations, the Alaska Legislature on June 11 approved a $5 billion budget that reduces spending while tapping the state’s reserves to help with multibillion-dollar deficits brought on by low oil prices. The plan now goes to Gov. Bill Walker, whose administration had been preparing for a partial government shutdown next month in case a fully funded budget isn’t reached. During a news conference that afternoon, Walker said state workers who had been notified they could be laid off will get better letters “advis...
Monday, June 8 Vehicle left on side of the road. Officer made contact with R/O. Parking Complaint. Traffic Hazard. Agency Assist/Public Works: Public Works was notified about blinking red light going off at Shoemaker pump station. Tuesday, June 9 Report of Theft. Parking Complaint. Agency Assist: Caller reported the light on the Public Works box is flashing. Bench Warrant Arrest: Arrested Shannon Michele Nore, 37, for Failure to Appear. Time Limit Parking/Abandon Vehicle. Wednesday, June 10 Parking Complaint. Missing Dog – Person reported t...
Bob Prunella Wrangell's own "master of ceremonies and auctioneer extraordinaire" has taken his final bow. After a brief, brave, intense bout with metastasized pancreatic cancer, Bob died May 26th 2015 at Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle, WA. He leaves behind a huge Alaskan wake of accomplishments, friendships, and remembrances. Bob brought his Eastern education (Penn State) to Wrangell in 1958, where he helped pioneer and steer our "willful" community towards bigger and better things. Bo...
Jace Benjamin Appleman, born January 2, 2015, treasured son of Cole Appleman and Rachel Lucas was suddenly and unexpectedly taken from us on May 31, 2015. Jace is survived by his brother Jared and sister Kendyl. He was the grandson of Benjamin (deceased) and Wynn Lucas, and Keith and Kathy Appleman, the nephew of Tessa Appleman, Jody McKenzie, Nicole Dean, Amy Perov (Tim), Laurie Lucas and numerous cousins. A Celebration of Life was held on Sat., June 6, at the Stillaguamish Tribal Community...
Stikine Sportsmens Assoc. Golf Tournament Results June 12 and 13 NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS: 61 June 12: 1st place: Steve Kimble, Chet Thompson, Steve Bolehrt, Tor Jorgensen. Net score 14, team handicap 18. 2nd place: Jeff Corson, John Pool, John Thompson, Lenny Porter. Net score 18, team handicap 18. 3rd place: Eric Kading, Mike Hamblin, Jim Abbott, Betty Abbott. Net score 21, team handicap 15. 4th place: Mike Ottesen, Mike Hay, Mike White, Brett Woodbury. Net score 22, team handicap 13. Straightest Drive: John Thompson 45 1/2”. Closest to the P...
In only their second year with the program, the girls of Wrangell’s Athletic Amateur Union team gave a fine showing at the Alaska Basketball Academy Girls Team Camp at Palmer’s Colony High School last week. “We made it to semifinals,” said Kaylyn Easterly, one of seven of the team’s 16 players able to make the trip. Wrangell was one of 41 teams at the event, which were separated into high school, college and professional divisions. Building largely on Stikine Middle School’s basketball program, Easterly pointed out her team was one of the youn...
Despite dimming income over the past fiscal year, board members for Southeast Alaska Power Agency were informed the future is still a bright one. At its June 18 meeting in Ketchikan, CEO Trey Acteson reported SEAPA remains financially strong and well-positioned leading into the next fiscal year. Sales revenues through last month were $1.3 million below budget, or about 12 percent. While weather volatility has played a hand in the shortfall, a consistent drop from anticipated power consumption by Ketchikan through the 2015 fiscal year has also...
A one handed clap best describes the reaction to the 43,000 signature drop off by anti-salmon setnet advocates at the Division of Elections last week. It means enough signatures were gathered to include the question on the 2016 primary election ballot, and let Alaska voters decide whether to ban setnets at Cook Inlet, Mat-Su, Anchorage, Juneau, Valdez, Ketchikan, and any communities designated as “urban” and “non-subsistence” in the future. The ban is being pushed one-handed by the Alaska Fisheries Conservation Alliance (AFCA), whose board o...
At its last meeting for the summer, Wrangell’s Parks and Recreation Advisory Board approved a new fee assistance schedule for using public facilities. Parks and Recreation Department director Kate Thomas explained the new assistance schedule would allow applicants up to a 100-percent discount for a specific activity each quarter, depending on income level and household size. For example, a three-person household making $26,120 or less could receive a 50-percent discount on an activity or 75-percent off from a pass. Guidelines follow the s...